"request to sell" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is generally used when asking permission to sell something, such as in the sentence, "I'm requesting to sell my car."
Mr. D'Angelo's request to sell his shares makes no sense.
He added that any discussion of divestitures to satisfy antitrust concerns was premature, though any request to sell off a major part of the business would be "unprecedented".
In 1985, Paraguay agreed to Brazil's request to sell Itaipú's electricity at below market prices to help Brazil tackle its economic crisis.
1 Saudi Arms Sale Vote on a resolution to reject the Reagan Administration's request to sell $354 million worth of advanced arms to Saudi Arabia.
In a Chapter 9 bankruptcy — which is highly unusual, especially for a big city — it would be up to a judge, if asked, to decide on a request to sell assets like the art or cars.
Tower Automotive, the auto parts maker, has won a delay until April 4 of a hearing on its request to sell most of its assets to Cerberus Capital Management for about $1 billion.
Citicorp has pending with the Fed requests to sell insurance and underwrite corporate equity securities.
That's why Ticketmaster and many promoters oppose String Cheese Incident's requests to sell up to 50 percent of their tickets themselves, without service fees.
Trustees sold part of the estate to meet millions of pounds in death duties, but the duke resisted their requests to sell Woburn itself.
On Thursday, the company said that Mr. O'Brien's requests to sell its flagship paper were merely "designed to destabilize the company".
Figures released in response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act show that Gove has approved 21 requests to sell playing fields out of 22 received since the election.
